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High growth markets and the companies emerging from them are changing the face of international business

“When two worlds meet: How high-growth market companies are changing international business” is the latest UKTI high growth markets report commissioned from the Economist Intelligence Unit. It examines the growing international footprint of companies based in fast-growing emerging markets and the ways in which firms from Western Europe and North America are responding to a phenomenon that is redefining the global economy. The report also assesses the risks and opportunities that lie ahead for Western economies and their companies.

The report’s main findings include:

• European and North American companies see the rise of high-growth market companies on the global stage more as an opportunity than a threat

• The growing international footprint of high-growth market companies is making the competitive landscape more challenging for European and North American firms

• Western firms see their edge in technology and innovation as their greatest competitive advantage.

• Mergers and acquisitions are likely to replace partnerships and joint ventures as the favoured form of FDI by high-growth market companies

• Risk aversion in Western economies is likely to help high-growth market FDI flow more and more into the developing worlds.

The report was launched at the Economist Conferences High-Growth Markets Summit 2011

Download When two worlds meet: how high growth market companies are changing international business report.

Robin Bew, Chief Economist of the EIU, blogs on High Growth Markets for UKTI

Previous emerging markets reports

UK Trade & Investment has produced three reports in past years on emerging markets, in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit:

Great Expectations: Doing business in emerging markets (2010) This report offers new insights from international investors about which markets they see as being the global growth engines of the future. Download Great Expectations report

Survive and prosper: emerging markets in the global recession (2009). This report, written during the height of the global economic crisis, found that companies feeling the adverse effects of the global recession, coupled with the poor performance of the developed world, are increasingly turning to new markets in the emerging world to find help drive business. Download Survive and prosper report.

Tomorrow's markets (2008). The report highlights that the outlook for emerging markets is generally positive, but there are associated risks. Download Tomorrow’s markets report.

More on emerging markets

Read more on the following key emerging markets on our website’s country pages:

• Argentina

• Brazil

• China

• India

• Indonesia

• Malaysia

• Mexico

• Qatar

• Russia

• Saudi Arabia

• Singapore

• South Africa

• South Korea

• Taiwan

• Thailand

• Turkey

• United Arab Emirates

• Vietnam